by Shashank Prabhu | Sep 2, 2015 | Quant
The previous articles in this series focused on straightforward questions you might get from the concept of division involving higher powers using Euler theorem and Fermat’s little theorem and the basic concepts of Euler’s totient function. Now, we will be looking at...
by Shashank Prabhu | Aug 26, 2015 | Quant
In the last article we saw the basics of the Euler’s number/totient function and how to find the same. Now, I will be covering two different question types in this article that deals with finding remainders involving dividends of the type ab using Euler’s...
by Shashank Prabhu | Aug 21, 2015 | Quant
There must have been a lot of times that you would have seen aspirants throwing across terms involving a certain Euler and a certain Fermat. Many fall into the trap of having a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to simple remainder questions and end up getting...
by Shashank Prabhu | Aug 13, 2015 | LRDI, Quant
All of you might have encountered various scenarios wherein, you would be handling multiple cases be it in QA or DI-LR. It would be again, very common that you tend to forget the ‘counted’ cases or miss a few cases leading to the wrong answer and/or waste a...
by Prasad Sawant | Aug 10, 2015 | Quant
In this article, we are going to look at a specific type of question commonly asked in various competitive exams. Have a look at these two examples: Example 1: All the page numbers from a book are added, beginning at page 1. However, one page number was mistakenly...
by Prasad Sawant | Apr 13, 2015 | Quant
Albert and Bernard just became friends with Cheryl, and they want to know when her birthday is. Cheryl gives them a list of 10 possible dates. May 15 May 16 May 19 June 17 June 18 July 14. July 16 August 14. August 15. August 17 Cheryl then tells Albert and Bernard...
